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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 10, 1933)
Local Grocers Conform To 63 -Hour Open-Store Week vmh? tmnxtt La Grande Is The Gateway to Wallowa, "The Switzerland of America" Only Newspaper Printed in La Grande Covering Union and Wallowa Counties VOLUME 31 KASTKHN OKEGON'8 I.EADINQ NEWSPAPER LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1933, MEMHKIt ASSOCIATED 1'IiFSS AND A. H. C. NUMBER 289 2ND TWO LOCAL FEOJECTS m. M WW i K0MM1 1 ; 1 PIPELINE AND I SCHOOL HERE GET SUPPORT ; State Board Submits Rec k'ft ommended Proposals to Beit Haney, Chairman. I enterprise fish hatchery on list I Wallowa and Elgin Water 1 works Projects Also Listed as Desiirable For Public Works Program. Expenditure In Oregon of $10,623,- 6B3 of federal money Tor public works has been recommended by the state reconstruction advisory board. ' And four Union nnd Wallowa county pro jects are Included: La Grande water works, $225,000; training school at E. O, N , $1 .'10,000 : Wallowa waterworks, $00,000, and Elgin waterworks, iflO, 000. No flood control projects were dealt with In the list of approved propo sals, which included the state pro gram, waterworks, sewer and sewage disposal plants, port developments, county buildings, municipal build ings, moorage and river, improvement. The Meadow Brook project is being handled in a somewhat different way. The state program approved lnclud- (Continued on Page Six) Oregon Legion Meeting Opens Sessions loday KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Aug. 10 VP) Declaring the first allegiance of the American Legion must be that of service 'to our truly disabled veter ans and to our war dependents," Frank E. Samuel, national adjutant of the organization, told Oregon legionnaires In their annual conven tion here today that If this duty Is lost sight of "the American Legion will cease to Justify Its existence." Samuel brought greetings from Louis Johnson, national commander of the legion, who was unable to at tend. Fifteen hundred persons, all the convention auditorium could hold, attended the public opening cere monies. All attention was turned, this af ternoon to te baseball champion ship series between Woodburn and Eugene in the first game and Hood River and Portland In the second. Annual Picnic Of 3-1 Group To Be Held Sunday - The Thrce-I's will meet for their annual picnic at the park Sunday. Although there are no paws-paws or persimmons and although "the frost Is not on the pumpkin or the fodder In the shock", there will be "wata melon, yallcr-legged chicken, roastln' ears" and all the good things that these folks were used to having In abundance In the old pioneer days back In Iowa, Illinois and Indiana. The Hooslers vow they will outnum ber the Hawkeyes or the Corncrackers. so the contest Is on. It Is said. The various committees will meet with the president, B. J. Kitchen, Friday evening at his home to com plete the arrangments to make the picnic a big success. WAR I1IRTII RATE BLAMED FOR ENGLISH STUDY SLUMP LONDON im Tn0 industrial cri sis and the low birthrate of the late years of the World war are blamed by ' the board of education for a slump . In the number of part-time students attending technical schools and colleges. 94 pctyla granders native-born whites The percentage of native - born int nntiv. fnrelen or I'.xed white parentage) persons in La Grande Is listed at a fraction less than 94. ac cording to government census fig ures. In other words. 94 out of every 100 persons In La Orande were born white American cltlzens.- A fraction more than five per cent of the population la listed as foreign born whites, and approximately one half of one per cent of the popula tion is negro. Further division of the city's popu WILL ROGERS SANTA MONICA, Col., Aug. 9 Now look out, Democratic administra tion, you are about to revert to the old Republican type. You are telling some Latin-American country who shall be president and who can't. Now there Is no doubt that Cuba Is run "cockeyed." But what country ain't? Now we get our sugar from. Cuba, and anything we do In Cuba Is going to be misunderstood, so about the best thing we can do In Cuba, Is to let Cuba take care of Cuba. I don't care how little your country Is. you gotta right to run it like you want to. When the big nations quit meddling, then the world will have peace. Yours, ' 70 ESTABLISHED IN BOYS' CAMP AT WALLOWA RESORT "What experience and training In leadership will do In the pinches was demonstrated at Wallowa Lake yes terday when some dozen more 'boys than had been expected swooped down on the boys' camp," said Frank. Wylde, finance committee chairman, on his' return last evening from Wal lowa Lake where he helped get things In motion for the annual camp. "Ad ditional tents had to be provided, the quantities of food stepped up on short notice and-facilities generally enlarged to capacity; With Wood row Damerell, Red Cross llfesaver and ex pert teacher, in charge, the boyi went swimming after Installation In their respective tents, ate their first meal and called it a day." ...... Parents Asked To Help . Due to the fact that the attend ance overran expectations and the equipment and facilities are taxed to their full limit, committees handling the camp are asking co-operation of parents on next Sunday which Is visi tors' day. The plan proposed Is for parents to bring their picnic lunches when they visit their boys. The mess hall will provide coffee free to all parents and the officials ore Inviting the parents to be present at the noon (Continued On Page Five) garMmfrog heaven wrecked An explosion or ftOO ujnamite caps In a garage at the Frog Heaven civil ian conservation corps camp last night destroyed the garage and tool shed. No one was Injured, and loss was not more than $100, word from PcncMeton said. Officials today said they were un able to account for the explosion. The powder house Is considerably removed from the main camp, but percussion caps had been stored in the nearby garage. The forest workers were called from mess to battle the re sulting fire. Shooting Stars Are Due Tonight In Northeast Sky The annual showers of shooting stars, the Perseld meteors, are due tonight and the three succeeding nights. Their numbers should be great est between midnight and dawn Saturday. An hour or so before the dawn begins Is a good tlmo to watch, for few are visible be fore midnight. Watchers should look toward the northeast sky, low down about midnight, by dawn they are almost overhead. lation reveals that there are 4099 males and 3951 females in La Orande. Outside of La Orande In Union coun ty there are 8130 males and 4312 females. In other words, the popu lation Is more evenly divided, as to sex In La Orande than in the rest of the county. In practically all other oge divi sions, etc., La Grande's population adheres closely to the average for the county, except that more than 05 per (Continued on Page Six) Plan To Credit "Chief John A. Schoonover, Spokane) banker, has been named manager for the Spokane area of the Re gional Agricultural Credit Corp. PAVEMENT REPAIR WORK COMPLETED City Manager Angus McAllister re ported to the city commission at Its weekly meeting lost night that the street patching had been completed for the summer. - .Pavement repair work had been ' occupying the city crews for the last aeveral days -r",v. ' General' -warrants'" paid during ftJie last week amounted to 92766.63, and cash on hand totaled $9464.43, dl- (Continued on Pago Seven) PROTESTS AGAINST THE IMPORTING OF CHEAPER FRYERS FROM PORTLAND Protesting against Importing of cheap fryers from Portland, which, he said Is demoralizing the Union coun ty poultry Industry, J, E. Nessly, of 1325 V avenue, acting as spokesman for the poultry men of this territory, has written a letter to the chamber of commerce. The protest, chamber officials said, would be referred to the proper committee and be given earnest consideration. The letter to the chamber of com merce follows: La Orande, Ore., Aug. 8, 1933. Chamber of Commerce, La Grande, Oregon, Gentlemen: On behalf of the poultrymcn of Slaughter Five Million Hogs Is Submitted HALF HOUR MORE ADDED TOEACHDAY New Tentative Agreement Opens Groceries at 7:30 a. m. MORE SIGN N. R. A. AGREEMENTS HERE Washington Ruling is Re vealed Whereby Utili ties Must Come Under Blue Eagle Plan. Following a vote that found a ma jority favoring the clinnge, a tenta tive plan was adopted by La Grande grocers at a meeting last night to open their stores at 7:30 a. m, and close at G p. m. six days of tlief week. Including Saturday. Tills would pro vide a 63-hour open-store week. The plan went Into effect tills morning In most stores. It Is regarded as tentative at present, pending Its per manent adoption or possible change. Previously a plan was adopted opening the grocery stores at 8 a. m. and closing at 6 p. m. The longer open-store week was agreed upon to confirm with the wishes of the na tional recovery administration, which recently gave out the word! that It desired at least, a, 03-hour , week tor grocery stores. . ' 1 ' v ' In the meantime, more La Orande business and professional people were (Continued on Page Two Union county, I want to protest against the importation of cold stor age chickens from Portland, for the purpose of lowering the prices paid for poultry in this county. Such a practice was Inaugurated recently by a La Orande dealer, who bought cold storage chickens from a Portland packer, paying 12 cents a pound for them, and brought them here to compete with the poultry pro ducers of Union county who were get ting 15 and 17 cents a pound live weight for white and colored spring chickens. This dealer retailed these fryers for 18 cents a pound, dressed, (Continued on Page Five) MR. ROOSEVELT GOES SWIMMING Safety Pin Taken From Tummy When Dolores Mendolar, Los Angeles bnby, swallowed an open safety pin, she prepared the way .for a rare operation. A physlclori made an abdominal Incision, lifted out the stomach, located the pin, and closed It. Then a tube was forced through the mouth into the stomach, the pin witdrawn. and the child went home little the worse lor the , . experience. SMALL CROP OF WHEAT ANDOATS IS U.S. OUTLOOK sfa;fA A-i : ';. . -v . .v, i WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 ff) The crop reporting board of the depart ment of agriculture today forecast the second smallest crop since 1901, and the lowest production of wheat and oats in 35 years. This year's corn crop was forecast at 2,273,019,000 bushels, and the wheat crop, winter nnd spring com bined, at 499.671,000 busheds. It said crop prospects, which were unpromising a month ago, declined sharply since July 1 due to drouth and other adverse weather factors. The forecast for corn was reduced 111,000,000 bushels from July 1 to August 1. The prediction was based on observations on the latter date indicating 2,273,000,000 bushels. The combined wheat crop a month ago was forecast at 495.68 1 ,000 bushels, while last year's production was 726,831,000 bushels. The preliminary estimates of winter wheat production this year is 340, 365,000 bushels, compared with 336, 767,000 bushels a month ago and 461,679,000 bushels Inst year. The forecast of all spring wheat is (Continued on Page Five) ! t & Lis CUBANS ACT, UNCLE SAM Liberal Party Votes Mo tion Aimed at U. S. Am bassador's Procedure. HAVANA, Aug. 10 m The execu tive committee of l'nwldent Much ado's liberal party voted late today a motion condemning United States Ambassador Welles' procedure In try ing to mediate Cubu's political dif ficulties as prejmllcal U Cuba's sov ereignty, Wtllcs tiail promised a peace plan calling for retirement of Macli ado from the presidency. Meanwhllo, the general strike, which brought the conflict over Machaclo to a liciul, continued un broken despite me efforts and ex pectations of tho government. HYDH PARK, N. Y., Aun. 10 (Continued on Page Eight) No Strings On Advertising Blue Eagle in Papers WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 (flO Hugh S. Johnson, national iccov- ery administrator, today interpret ed his warning against misuse of the Bluo Kaglo as having no wffect on Its publication in newspaper advertisements. "Some people construed my re marks concerning non-uso of the innignia in pamphlets, tlirowaways, special rackets, etc., as preventing newspapers from selling advertis ing space for the announcements of Bluo Eagle firms and Individ uals. That Is an absurdity. "Tho NRA wants all publicity given to tho use of the emblem and, obviously, there are no strings on tlie newspapers as to tlio form, shape, size, or character of their ads so long as the advertisers avo bona fide members of tlio Bluo Eagle fraternity," Johnson said. Wheat Today CHICAGO, AU(f. 10 (A1 For the third auccenslvo day, grain value showed an advancing trend today, with wheat reKlflterlng nearly 0 oenuj Hue, compared with Tuesday's bottom figures. Increased attention was given to reports of tho Washington adminis tration's dcalro to seo prices restored to tho level which prevailed In 1024 20. According to official returns, tho averago 1020 price received by the farmer for wheat was U4 a bushel, corn 74 cents, and oats 40 cents. A pause In demand pending Issu ance of the government crop report led to reactions late and wheat closed easy at tho same as yesterday's finish to y,o higher, corn uiwianged to V5c up, oats t a Vi advanced, and pro visions varying from 10c decline to a rlso of 17c, JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME m m . (MAIN CODE NOT O. K. I'HKNCII PATROL FKONTIF.lt (M)l.l.K(lB PRESIDENT KILLED BOND SCANDAL EXPOSED ' ' WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 (P) aeurgo N. Peek, chief administrator of tho rami act, suild today ho is -not HUHsftal" with (lie proposed code or trade practices presented yesterday by representatives of tlm tuition's grain erelianges, 1 , . MlimOUSB, Franco, Aug. 10 un Armed French troops were again sta tioned today on the German frontier near here as a precaution against al leged aggressions of Gorman Nazis suoh as occurred early this year at Hunlnguo, KOCKFOltD, III., Aug. 10 VP) Dr. WUIIam A. Muddox, president or Uock fonl college, and Airred O. Wllgeroth, director or tho college musio depart ment, were killed today when a freight train crushed Into their mo tor cur at Davis Junction. TOPEKA, Kan., Aug. 10 (Pi Two arrests have been made in the Kan sas municipal bond scandal, at least $050,000 in spurious bonds have been discovered and three state banks have been closed. SALES!, Aug. 10 OF) Eighteen highway Jobs lit 13 counties or the state and aggregating nn expenditure approximating $l,l!ff0,000 will be awarded at tho two-day session of the state highway commission In Portland August! 24 and 25, 'it wits announced here today with the Issuance .uf rolls for bids, ,' . - MR. ROOSEVELT'S REORGANIZATION PLAN EFFECTIVE , WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 VP) The president's modified reorganization plan went Into effect today, lnvolv. ing around 10,000 employes of whom about 000 have to look for other Jobs There was, first, tho prohibition bureau with 1.800 workore. This was transferred Into the Justice depart ment's new division of Investigation. aye nundrod employes, 200 In Wash ington, 400 In tho field, were stricken from tho payrolls, tho rest re-employ ed in tho new agency. Noxt was tho merger of the bureaus of investigation and naturalization In tho labor department. All the 3,007 omployeo in these, save 27D, were re appointed temporarily for four months, Tho 27S woro allowed ton days notice of retirement or dis charge. Tho third big transfer found tlx heretofore Independent United States shipping board and tho merchant fleot corporation put under tho com merce department. Secretary Roper, (Continued on Pago Two) O.SaC. DEAN NEW B. P. I. PRESIDENT BROOKLYN, N. Y., Aug. 10 m Harry Stanley Rogers, dean of en gineering at Oregon Stat collegv, was announced today as tho new presi dent of Brooklyn Polytechnic insti tute. CORVALLIS, Ore., Aug. 10 WO Dean Ilarry S. Rogem who has ac cepted tho presidency of Brooklyn Polytechnic institute effective Oct. 1. hn boon head of tho school, of en K 1 neer 1 1 1 g at Oregon 8 ta to col lege since 1027. Ho camo hero In 1921 from University of Washington as professor of hydraulic engineering and was made dean of the school and director of tho engineering experi ment station in M'h. INQUIRING Each day as the Inquiring Reporter makes the rounds two persona will ba stopped at random on the street corner and asked tome question of tho day. Through the courtesy of Manager C. M. Wight each Interviewed will be granted two complimentary tickets to the Liberty Theatre. The current attraction Is Frederlo March and Cory (Iraiit In "The Kaglc and the Hank." Another Industry which has been suggested as a roaslblo ono for Union county Is a fruit and vegctablo can nery. Mrs. D. I,, Oally, 1007 M avenuo, says, 'I don't seo why a vegetablo cannery wouldn't be a profitable ad dition to county Industry If tho farm PROCESSING: TAX WOULD Corn and Hog Belt Com mittee Makes Recommen dations to Government PLAN ENDORSED BY BIG ORGANIZATIONS Acute Feed Shortage Rea son For Proposal ; Relief Agencies Would Get 'Resulting Meat - WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 VP) . A program calling for the early slaugh. tcr or flvo millions hogs, Including four million young pigs, to be fin anced by a processing tax on all hoga weighing more than 235 pounds, was presented to farm administrators to day by the corn and hog belt com mittee of 2.1 and immediately en dorsed by most of the major farm organizations. The program was. presented at a . conference of corn and hog producers called by administrators to devise art emergency program - to reduce the nation's hog population as a result of an acute feed shortage In most of the com belt,. w ; I ;' Karl C. Smith. Clilcngo, chairman of the committee, said the tiroeram . . . rwould remove trbfh.'ihe' domeiitle m1ar-Uk ket a Substantial amount of the po4 tentlal hog tonnage andj would, hava tho effect of Improving hog prices which have been recently depressed) because of the heavy marketings of hogs by farmers who are short ot -feed. Proceeds of the processing tax which would be levied for one year, would be used to buy up four mil lion young' hogs weighing between 25 and 100 pounds from August IS to October 1. .... For these, the committee recom mended the following schedule of prices: for pigs weighing from 25 to 40 pounds, $0 a hundredweight; 41 to 60 pounds, $8.50; 51 to 60 pounds, $8; 01 to 70 pounds, S7.60; 71 to 80 pounds, 7; 81 to 00 pounds, 6.60, and 01 to 100 pounds, SO. In addition, the groups proposed hat administrators arrange for the purchase of one million sows, soon to farrow, weighing 275 pounds and up wards, by paying a bonus of 94 a hoad in addition to whatever sums they would bring In the r-ifflts. Sell to Itelk-r Agencies Tho group proposed administra tors arrange for disposing of the re-: suiting meat and meat products from, tho best of these animals by the sale on a moderate basis to reltof agencies (Continued on Page Five) The Observer Subscribes To NRA Newspaper Code Tho La Orande Evening Observer In lino with other dally news papers of the country, hereby an nounces Ita acceptance of the terms of the dally newspaper uode prepared under the auspices of the American Newspaper Publishers association and submitted by that aawclation to tho national re covery administration. Terms regarding hours of em ployment, working conditions and wngeH as sot out in the newspaper codo will be fully adhered to by this newspaper, Upon announcement of approval of tho newspaper codo by the na tional recovery administration, wliJch Is expected In the near fu ture, tho Observer will sign. It and go forward with Its participation from tlie prescribed, date. REPORTER j ers can support It. I do not know how much surplus there Is In fruits and vegetables In this vicinity." Anna Mae Whiting, Mt. Glen, be lieves that a cannery here would be a good thing "becauso we can then use all tho extra fruits and vegetables which now go to waste."
